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Multidimensional-Constrained Suspect Screening of Hydrophobic Contaminants Using Gas Chromatography-Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization-Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-4062-4009
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1549-7449
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5940-637X
Number of Authors: 32025 (English)In: Analytical Chemistry, ISSN 0003-2700, E-ISSN 1520-6882, Vol. 97, no 10, p. 5434-5438Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Suspect screening strives to rapidly monitor a large number of substances in a sample using mass spectral libraries. For hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs), these libraries are traditionally based on electron ionization mass spectra. However, with the growing use of state-of-the-art mass spectrometers, which often use alternative ionization approaches and separation techniques, new suspect screening workflows and libraries are urgently needed. This study established a new suspect screening library for 1,590 HOCs, including exact mass and a combination of measured and model-predicted values for retention time (RT) and collision cross section (CCS). The accuracy of in silico predictions was assessed using standards for 102 HOCs. Thereafter, using gas chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-ion mobility-mass spectrometry, a suspect screening workflow constrained by the full scan mass spectrum of (quasi-)molecular ions (including isotope patterns), RT, CCS, and fragmentation mass spectra, together with a continuous scoring system, was established to reduce false positives and improve identification confidence. Application of the method to fortified and standard reference sediment samples demonstrated true positive rates of 79% and 64%, respectively, with all false positives attributed to suspect isomers. This study offers a new workflow for improved suspect screening of HOCs using multidimensional information and highlights the need to enrich mass spectral databases and extend the applicable chemical space of current in silico tools to hydrophobic substances.

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2025. Vol. 97, no 10, p. 5434-5438
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-242585DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.4c06234ISI: 001438773400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105001061410OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-242585DiVA, id: diva2:1955122
Available from: 2025-04-29 Created: 2025-04-29 Last updated: 2025-04-29Bibliographically approved

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